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Originally posted by Annawan23
thinking about moving over to your neck of the woods for a govt job, federal style, and i have a few questions that maybe you people can help me with
maryland or virginia? with small kids, i'm figuring the district is not really an option on a govt salary, and i hear montgomery county has good schools
what's the commute like? freinds tell me to look at bethesda or potomac or silver spring, but i can't tell whether i'll have the scratch to live there and how the commute into the district works
what else do i need to know?
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Might as well start up this debate . . .
Quick summary. 1) check washingtonianmag.com they had a recent write-up comparing the tax burdens and cost-of-living in each. Short answer: DC has higher income tax; Va. and MD higher prop. tax. 2) commutes suck everywhere. they're more palatable if you are near metro. but near metro means more expensive (also, fed. gov't employees get a metro subsidy--it's free up to a certain amount, maybe $100/month). 3) schools in DC suck for the most part, except in the expensive areas of town. Montgomery and parts of Va. both have very good schools too. 4) prices are high everywhere--it's too hard to be more specific about where to find value.
